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September 25, 2006
"Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls,"
"Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls,"
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union take the first in-depth look at New York's highest security juvenile prisons for girls. What the report uncovers is disturbing: Upon being found "delinquent," young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty, many of whom have survived abuse and trauma, are locked up and again abused and neglected, this time at the hands of the state. This report documents the excessive use of a face-down "restraint" procedure in which girls are thrown to the floor, often causing injury, as well as incidents of sexual abuse, and inadequate educational and mental health services.
http://hrw.org/reports/2006/us0906/
This and other new research relating to girls and women and mass incarceration can be found at www.realcostofprisons.org under New Research
Posted by lois at September 25, 2006 11:00 AM